House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJun 9, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 9, 2005 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2861.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see S.707, which became Public Law 109-450 on 12/22/2006.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2861, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/2861
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2861, last updated August 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
98 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 63 Democrats, 1 independent
64 of 98 cosponsors (65%) are from the other party.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Henry Bonilla (R-TX), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ed Case (D-HI), Michael Castle (R-DE), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Jo Ann Davis (R-VA), Thomas Davis (R-VA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Charles Dent (R-PA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Duncan (R-TN), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and 68 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.